''Red Reflections'' is the debut album by American flugelhornist

Dmitri Matheny Dmitri Matheny (born December 25, 1965) is an American jazz flugelhornist. According to the ''San Francisco Chronicle'', Matheny is "one of the jazz world's most talented horn players." Early career Matheny was raised in Columbus, Georgia, and T ...

, released in 1995. It was Matheny's first album as a leader, having first appeared on 1989's ''Making Lunch'' by the

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Big Band.

Production

''Red Reflections'' was recorded June 1994, and March, April and August 1995, at Banquet Sound Studios,

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. Produced by Ian Dogole, the album was released by Monarch Records (MR-1009) and mastered by George Horn at

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Description

''Red Reflections'' is made up of five original compositions and two pieces by Horace Silver and Michael Brecker. The CD ranked in the national Gavin Top 40 and the CMJ jazz radio charts. It was listed as one of the Top 10 Recordings of 1995 by JazzIz Magazine, who called the album, "an intricate, colorful, slowly whirling vortex that draws you in deeper with each listen. Smooth yet always intense, no matter what mood or tempo."

Track listing

Personnel

* Dmitri Matheny, flugelhorn * Dave Ellis, tenor saxophone * Rob Scheps, tenor saxophone * John Heller, guitar * Trevor Dunn, bass * Bill Douglass, bass *

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, drums * Alan Jones, drums * Ian Dogole, Nigerian udu

References

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